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You can turn ON/OFF plot for particular layers in layer Dialog box by picking plot symbol.
You but that at the diff point (layer)
Turning off the layers for plotting
Try Qselect, you can select all objects and set filter layer Command Purge for delete layers Example, if you write a void text, ie use TEXT command and press space, you obtain a invisible objects. You can not select text because you not see text, is a space character
Another method is write this Autolisp command, ex. if you have layer name = Mylayer, select all objects with Command: (setq grp (ssget "X" '((8 . "Mylayer")))) This store in grp variable all objects in layer=Mylayer. All objects in model and layouts. With !grp you restore objects
The prevent layers used using the plotters for plotting provides the layer manager that allow easy options to customize the application.
- The layers used in layer manager have specific options like:
- Turning off the layers- Freezing the layers- Turning off the layers for plotting
- Layers used in the plotting remain visible on the screen and doesn't provide the output to the printer.
- Individual layers can also be set up in specific view ports that allows drawing of the layers that contains the systems applications and options.
- It uses the view port concept that allows the different layers to be frozen on the view port and this way it can be hidden from other layers.
